Huff v. Nationwide Insurance Co. (In Re Berringer)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BERNARD MARKOYITZ, Bankruptcy Judge.

Plaintiff James R. Huff, Chapter 7 trustee (“trustee”) of the bankruptcy estate of debtors Ivan R. Berringer and Lois N. Ber-ringer, has brought an action for fraudulent misrepresentation against defendant Nationwide Insurance Company (“Nationwide”).

The trustee alleges that Nationwide knowingly made false representations to Ivan Berringer (“Mr. Berringer”) concerning his right and the right of Nationwide Credit Union (“Credit Union”) to certain compensation and that Mr. Berringer justifiably relied to his detriment upon those…